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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-1703" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Kent County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The county commissioners may issue a permit to an organization specified in subsection (c) of this section to use two or more of the following gaming devices in conducting a fundraiser at which a prize of merchandise or money may be awarded:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a paddle wheel;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a wheel of fortune;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a chance book;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a card game;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a raffle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>any other gaming device.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless conducted at an event requiring a permit under subsection (a) of this section, a raffle is not a multiple gaming device regulated under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “charity” means an organization, institution, association, society, or corporation that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The county commissioners may issue a permit to use multiple gaming devices to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a bona fide religious organization that has conducted religious services at the same location in the county for at least 3 years before applying for a permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a county-supported or municipally supported volunteer fire company or an auxiliary unit whose members are directly associated with the volunteer fire company or auxiliary unit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a nationally chartered veterans’ organization or an auxiliary unit whose members are directly associated with the veterans’ organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>for the purpose of conducting a fundraiser for the benefit of a charity located in the county, a bona fide:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>fraternal organization;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>educational organization;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>civic organization;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>patriotic organization; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>charitable organization; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a bona fide nonprofit organization that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>has operated on a nonprofit basis in the county for at least 3 years before applying for a permit; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>intends to use the multiple gaming devices to raise money for an exclusively charitable, athletic, or educational purpose specifically described in the permit application.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Before issuing a permit, the county commissioners shall determine that the organization seeking the permit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is organized in and serves the residents of the county; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>meets the conditions of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a permit is valid for one event that does not last longer than 6 hours.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The county commissioners may issue a permit for an event longer than 6 hours if the permit holder does not seek more than one permit in the same year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The county commissioners may not approve a permit for gaming events to be held on premises that are licensed under a Class B or Class D alcoholic beverages license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The county commissioners may not issue more than six permits to an organization in a single year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The county commissioners may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>charge a fee set by resolution for each permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>set the number of permits that may be issued each year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>adopt regulations governing permit applications and the issuance of permits.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An organization that is issued a permit shall conduct its fundraiser in a:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>structure that the organization owns, leases, or occupies;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>structure that any organization that would qualify for a permit owns, leases, or occupies; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>public location that is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>described in the permit application; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>approved by the State’s Attorney for the county.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Unless the county commissioners grant a waiver, only a resident of the county may manage and operate a fundraiser for which a permit is issued on behalf of the permit holder.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Each permit holder shall designate an individual to be responsible for compliance with the terms and conditions of this subtitle and a permit issued under this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A person may not be compensated for operating the gaming activity conducted under a permit.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The permit holder shall use at least one-half of the funds raised using the permit for civic, charitable, or educational purposes.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 30 days after a fundraiser, the permit holder shall send to the county commissioners:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an accounting of all funds received or pledged;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an accounting of all expenses paid or incurred; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a statement under oath of the application of the net profits.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The county commissioners may deny a permit for not more than 3 years to an organization that violates this subtitle or regulations adopted under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
